Bronchial balloon dilatation combined with cryotherapy for tuberculous cicatricial central airway stenosis, with Adobe Photoshop for the degree measurement: A multicenter, retrospective study.

Objective: To explore bronchial balloon dilation (BD) combined with cryotherapy and Photoshop (PS)-base image processing technology in the interventional treatment of tuberculous cicatricial central airway stenosis (CCAS).

Methods: This multicenter, retrospective study analyzed the clinical data of patients with CCAS from six hospitals in Henan, China between June 2019 and October 2022.

Results: A total of 307 patients were included, including 152 (62 males) treated with BD alone and 155 (54 males) treated with BD combined with cryotherapy.